Japanese Garden Singapore

After visiting the Chinese Garden, we walked over next door to visit the Japanese Garden. The main attraction in Japanese Garden must be the new Sunken Garden. It is so lovely but first, we rest and have some breakfast.

We ordered the Breakfast set of waffles with caramel banana and black coffee. 

It tasted good, the waffle is really crispy.

After breakfast, took many photos of the sunken garden.

Sunken Garden, where walled paths lined up to 3.5m high on both sides with more than 200 types of epiphytes – plants that grow on other plants or structures – attempt to create a microclimate of high humidity and low temperatures.

Its centrepiece takes inspiration from a cenote – a deep natural well or sinkhole formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes groundwater underneath – featuring an air well that allows natural light into the otherwise shaded garden, and a still pool to harvest and recycle rainwater. (source)

The distinctive red color of the bridge is authentically aligned with the hue of a traditional red bridge in Japan. Garden bridges in Japanese gardens have both a symbolic and practical meaning. Bridges symbolize traveling and transition, and inspire mindfulness as one takes steps–literally and figuratively–to cross.

Chinese Garden in Jurong Singapore

Chinese Garden gone through a revamp and finally open to the public. Free Admission. Easy access from Chinese Garden MRT Station. Only about 10 mins walk from the station, we could see Chinese Garden. The first pagoda we saw was the Cloud Pagoda. 

I used to come here during my secondary school days with my classmates. Back then we had so much energy to run all over the garden and climbed all the pagodas. Now that I am a senior citizen, the garden seems too big for me hahaha, did not climb up some of the pagodas . But Cloud Pagoda was not opened to the public for access to the top of the pagoda.

Surounding the pagoda were the twelve zodiacs, guess my  zodiac hahaha.

Twin Pagodas, with spiral staircases and view of the lake.

The grand arch, is the main entrance of the  garden.

White rainbow bridge

Stoneboat, reminds me of the stoneboat in Beijing Summer Palace. Maybe I should visit Beijing again (for the third time?)

Lots of beautiful colourful flowers.

Before going to Japanese Garden (Next door to Chinese Garden), is the Bonsai Garden

Nice place to take lots of photograps.

Next post, Japanese Garden

Brisk walking at Bidadari Park Singapore

Spend weekend, brisk walking at the new park at Bidadari. Bidadari used to be a cemetery but now becomes a housing estate with a park. Singapore is a very small country, we do not have enough land for the living so many cemeteries were exhumed.

Way before Bidadari is a cemetery, it used to be a private land belongs to some rich people. 

(Read from source )

The new Bidadari Park is nice for brisk walking and jogging and exercising. There were many tall trees that provided shades.

In the middle of the park is a lake , is a huge rain tree. The lake served as a storm water retention pond.

During heavy rain, the lake area will be closed to public.

The park looked small but is actually quite a nice place to jog. Haha we found many coins (about S$2) on the pavement, I guess the coins were dropped by joggers.

There's a nice playground in the park.

Children loved watching the fishes in the lower marshland. 

Nearest MRT Station to Bidadari Park is Woodleigh  MRT Station.